The history of modern Bosnia began with the country of Yugoslavia in the 1900s. At the beginning of World War I, the Baltic region was controlled by Austria-Hungary. The trigger for WWI actually took place in Sarajevo, Bosnia, when a group of insubordinate Serbs assassinated Archduke Francis Ferdinand (heir to Austria-Hungary). In the ashes of the Austria-Hungarian Empire, the Baltic countries formed the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes in 1918. The Kingdom united as the country of Yugoslavia in 1929, of which Bosnia was a constituent republic until Nazi Germany invaded in 1941. After Nazi Germany fell, President Marshall Tito took over the country and controlled it. Although President Tito was a Communist, he did do some good in the country, especially by keeping the Soviet Union at arm’s length, which planted unity in his country against a common enemy. When Yugoslavia was under Tito, it had some of the best times in Slavic
World War I was a reaction to the world experiencing plenty of change in such a small amount of time. Major events have been attributed to the World War I, such as German Unification, Imperialism and The Creation of Peacetime Alliance systems, but the ultimate reason for the war was the assassination of Francis Ferdinand on June 28, 1914. According to notes taken on the Civil war, Francis Ferdinand was heir to the Austria-Hungarian throne, and he was killed by a Serbian nationalist, Gavrilo Princip. After the assassination of Francis Ferdinand, the feud between Siberia and Austria-Hungary grew out of control.
Do we ever ask ourselves what is going on in the world today? Many of us don't know why we fight wars, or who with. But the first world war wasn't like any other previous war. It began in central Europe, lasted four years, and involved almost every European country. More specifically, the war lasted from 1914 to 1918 and the immediate origins of the war came from decisions made by the statesmen and generals after the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie during the July Crisis of 1914. There had been several causes leading to the destructive war including Militarism, Nationalism, Imperialism, the assassination of Franz Ferdinand, and the formation of alliances. The following three paragraphs will focus on European alliances, Imperialism, and Nationalism.
Nationalism had grown among the people in Serbia and the rest of Europe like a flame, leading to a small group of zealots who sought to restore greater Serbia to its former glory. They intended to do this by the assassination of Franz Ferdinand, since he was an important figure of the Austrian-Hungarian Empire ,but instead they had received more than they bargained for. Since Serbia had now posed as a threat to the Austrian-Hungarian Empire, they would then invade Serbia, which would include each of their allies and their allies' allies to fight against each other as well. This had a domino effect, and later included the territories that the imperialistic fad had led the big empires to acquire.
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In 1914, in Serbia, Bosnia, heir to the Austrian throne, Archduke Francis Ferdinand was assassinated. The assassination of the Archduke left all of Europe outraged, except in Serbia, and ultimately caused the beginning of World War I. During the tense aftermath of the Archduke’s assassination, before the war officially began, the entire world stood at attention, waiting for the first moves to be made. Many Austrians had long favored an attack against Serbia, the opportunity seemed too perfect. However the Dual Monarchy, Austria-Hungary, could rarely make a decision easily. While the chief of the Austrian general staff, Conrad von Hotzendorf, pushed for an attack, Count Stefan Tisza, speaker on behalf of Hungary, resisted. The Austro-Hungarian foreign minister understood that support from Germany would be necessary in the probable event that Russia would go to Serbia’s aid. Germany readily promised her support to Austria and urged that the Austrians move quickly while others were still angry at Serbia. Although Austria and Germany agreed it would be best to act quickly the Austrians waited until almost a month after the archduke’s assassination when they finally delivered their deliberately unacceptable ultimatum. The Germans and Austrians were so shocked by the conciliatory reply from the Serbians that they almost decided to abstain from their plan to attack. However, on July 28, 1914, exactly one month since Archduke Ferdinand’s assassination, Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia. Russia responded by ordering a mobilization. Germany declared war against Rus...
Approximately a century before the assassination of archduke Ferdinand the European states had held a meeting at the congress of Vienna. At this meeting the states had developed a system where all power would be balanced throughout Europe. This balance of power was developed in fear of a deadly revolution such as the one France had recently encountered. This new system had lasted for quite some time but eventually provinces began to gain more power than others. For example, Austria-Hungary had conflicts with population. Small minorities like the Germans in Austria and the Magyars in Hungary tried to control the increasing population of Slavs. They were worried that the Slavs would gain too much power and take over Austria-Hungary. Still many years before the war Austria Hungary annexed the twin Balkin provinces of Bosnia-Herzegovina. This grab for territory and power frustrated the independent Balkin nation of Serbia, who thought of Bosnia as Serbian homeland. So now Austria-Hungary is on bad terms with Serbia and maybe even Russia. Now ...
The first instigator of WWI to be discussed is the "Black Hand." The Black Hand was a group of Serbian Nationalists that were convinced that Serbia was not receiving the attention that they deserved from the bigger country of Austria-Hungary, led by Austria’s Archduke Francis Ferdinand. The tension between Serbia and Austria-Hungary had greatened when Austria- Hungary took over the two provincesof Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1908, before Serbia could claim the land. Gavrilo Princip, a member of the "Black Hand," assassinated Ferdinand on June 28, 1914 when he went into Sarajevo to review the newly acclaimed territories. The price he paid for refusing to give "a bigger place in the su...
The "Allegory" depicts a number of people who are imprisoned in a cave, chained by the legs and neck so that they cannot move, nor can they turn their heads; they see only towards the back wall opposite the cave opening. These people have been chained in this manner their entire lives. Sometimes objects and people pass in front of the cave opening, and shadows play upon the back wall. Since the people have only seen the shadows, they assume that the shadows are the real objects and beings of the world. They watch the shadows, measuring them, trying to understand them, and soon honors are bestowed upon those persons who can see the...
Imagine a group of people, prisoners, who had been chained to stare at a wall in a cave for all of their lives. Facing that wall, these prisoners can pass the time by merely watching the shadows casted from a fire they could not see behind them dance on the walls. These shadows became the closest to what view of reality the prisoners have. But what happens after one of these prisoners is unbound from his chains to inspect beyond the wall of shadows, to the fire and outside the cave? How would seeing the world outside of the walls of the cave affect his views of the shadows and reality? It is this theme with its questions that make up Plato’s Allegory of the Cave. It is in Plato’s Allegory of the Cave that there are several key ideas presented in the allegory. The ideas presented in the allegory can be related back to themes of education and the gaining of knowledge and in ways that can relate back to “us”, the people.